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WESLEY CHAPEL — Pasco extended its winning streak over Wesley Chapel to seven in handing the Wildcats their 14th straight loss overall. The Pirates also continued their season-long penchant for excessive penalties with 19 for 155 yards as well as their dominance on defense by holding Wesley Chapel to a ...Read more

Welcome to the Midweek Grab Bag. We suggest you pour yourself a nice cool beverage, find a nice comfortable place to sit, and enjoy a nice bowl of numbers soup. Grab Bag power rankings Here’s what’s hot in high school football right now. 1. Tampa Bay teams: Three teams — ...Read more

HUDSON -— As his team quietly huddled yards away, Pasco coach Tom McHugh stood and stared at the ground, trying to find the words to sum up a 28-27 overtime win over upset-minded Fivay on Friday. There was no celebration for the Pirates’ (1-1) first win of the season. Instead, ...Read more

DADE CITY — Sunlake’s formula on offense is to run the ball, shove people around and play with the finesse of a smokestack. The main beneficiary of this physical approach is running back Nathan Johnson, who gained 1,504 yards last season. Johnson got plenty of carries in Friday’s season-opener against ...Read more

Everyone knows how good Sickles’ Ray Ray McCloud III, East Lake’s George Campbell and Armwood’s Byron Cowart are. These are the lesser known guys we expect to take their turns in the spotlight this season. You can thank us in December. WR/DB Tyree Austin, Sr., Pasco: While not the ...Read more

Once an afterthought, Sunlake vs. Pasco now is one of the most anticipated regular-season openers in the Tampa Bay area. Here are three story lines to follow for Friday night’s game. Exacting revenge For Pasco, beating Sunlake used to be a given, not a goal. Since the Seahawks started their ...Read more

DADE CITY — Pasco started strong and scored all of its points by midway through the second quarter. Friday The Rams mounted a pair of fourth-quarter drives that stalled in the red zone, the latter on an interception of a Nick Michaels pass by Isaac Johnson to end the game. ...Read more

Fall football practices for Tampa Bay football teams officially kicked off this week. We’re rolling out daily district previews for all 78 varsity teams in the area. Today we look at a mostly all-Hernando and Pasco district. Overview South Sumter rolled through the district last year, scoring 34, 51, 63, ...Read more

We watched games, attended offseason events, covered 7-on-7 tournaments, attended spring practices and watched highlight videos. Picking the best high school football players in Tampa Bay to rank was easy. Picking only 100 was hard. Putting them in order was harder. Picking a No. 1 was hardest. There was freakish ...Read more

Our third annual countdown of the top 100 football players in Tampa Bay. Past performances — spanning the fall, spring and summer — and promise of big things to come are all taken into consideration. Today: players 11 through 20 Previous installments: 91-100 81-90 71-80 61-70 51-60 41-50 31-40 21-30Read more

Our third annual countdown of the top 100 football players in Tampa Bay. Past performances — spanning the fall, spring and summer — and promise of big things to come are all taken into consideration. Today: players 81 through 90. Previous installment: 91-100Read more

Spring football always introduces us to new faces, gives us a glimpse of turnaround teams and proves that the elite players are still very much top-tier talents. Our thoughts after teams stowed away the pads for spring: Breakout players Trent Chmelik, Countryside: The junior, who is taking over as the ...Read more

A torn knee ligament kept Andrew Ivie from playing a full high school game with his older brother, Joey. He’ll finally get a chance to accomplish that goal at the next level. Ivie, a soon-to-be senior defensive tackle from Pasco, orally committed to Florida on Thursday. He’ll join Joey as ...Read more

SPRING HILL — So many prep teams have an outside-in philosophy. They look for talented skill position players and game breakers before addressing needs in the trenches. The glamour positions have never been a priority for Springstead. The inside-out philosophy has worked for the Eagles for years and is much ...Read more